Smiley let us know that Episode 306 of Pyrosmile Productions’ Master Chief Theater 3000 (with super-fast Library cutscenes and then normal-speed Two Betrayals scenes) is now up on YouTube. Slowed-down version will be available later today.(Louis Wu 16:15:21 UTC)

Wait… it’s Friday? Must be Caption Fun Day at Hawty McBloggy’s! Go read last week’s gems, then make up your own for this week! A full year’s worth (though not in sequential weeks) – that’s pretty impressive!(Louis Wu 14:26:02 UTC)

A solid seven pieces are up this week in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read ’em!(Louis Wu 11:33:42 UTC)

Hefty collection of new comics since the last update:

• 2501 has released two new episodes – Episode 70 came out on Wednesday (thanks, urk), and Episode 71 came out yesterday (thanks again, urk).
• There are two new Reclaimers, too – TTL Demag0gue let us know yesterday that he’d posted a special Thursday edition (Episode 198 is called ‘Puzzling Things Out’, and Reclaimer is working with his AI to figure out what’s going on with those odd communications), and today is a standard release day – Episode 199 (Mimic) brings up some heretofore unknown skills of Tran’s.
• Dennis Powers told us about Shipwrecked Episode 74 – End Game; the battle between Gaia and Dominion comes to a head.
• Bloogyo stopped in with the good news that his Xbox is fixed – he’s got Rat’s Nest 19 5 and a new lawltage to celebrate.

That should keep you occupied while the coffee is brewing! (Louis Wu 11:28:22 UTC)

Eep – almost missed it! The third installment of Tyrant’s Summer Mythic Recon Challenge goes live tomorrow – The Storm is the level you’ll be fighting with (literally). Win, and the coveted Recon armor is yours. More details are available on Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 23:53:48 UTC)

The latest Broken In article at Bungie focuses on Dave Candland, Interface Designer nonpareil. He’s got some good stuff to say – about where he came from, how he got to where he is, and what you can do to improve your own chances of following him. Go read!(Louis Wu 23:48:31 UTC)

Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo attended an event in New York this week in which he got the chance to play through some of Halo 3: ODST’s campaign, and he’s written up his impressions. Swing by and give ’em a read!(Louis Wu 22:26:52 UTC)

Kral let us know about a montage he edited – the trailer is up here. Great gameplay, and nice editing!(Louis Wu 21:53:59 UTC)

I was out when this went up, at 10 am PST… but Team Flag is live as this week’s Double Experience playlist. Go play!(Louis Wu 21:34:24 UTC)